Associate Professor Li Ming Wen

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A/Prof. Li Ming Wen, MD, MMed, PhD, has extensive research experience in the fields of medicine, social science and public health with over 100 peer-reviewed publications in high impact journals including BMJ and JAMA Paediatrics. He holds a position as Adjunct Professor in both School of Public Health, Fudan University, and Faculty of Medicine, Tongji University, China. He is also a Research and Evaluation Manager at Health Promotion Service, Sydney Local Health District. His current research interests are in childhood obesity, physical activity, active transport, sexual health and tobacco control with specific expertise in the evaluation of health promotion initiatives. A highlight of his role in health promotion evaluation included receiving the Better Health Good Health Care Baxter Award for Innovative Research in 2000.

A/Prof Wen is Principal Investigator (PI) of a NHMRC-funded Healthy Beginnings Trial (NHMRC #393112 in 2008-10, NHMRC#1003780 in 2011-14), which is a 6-year RCT of a home-based intervention designed to reduce family and behavioural risk factors for childhood overweight and obesity for first-time mothers in some of the most socially and economically disadvantaged areas of Sydney. A description of the programme and all intervention resources developed for this study are available online (www.healthybeginnings.net.au).

A/Prof Wen was an invited Lead Guest Editorfor theJournal of Environmental and Public Health on the Special issue on The effect of active transport, transport systems and urban design on environmental and population health, which has been published(http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jeph/si/891758/).

A/Prof Wen is currently an Associate Supervisor advising and supporting two PhD candidates who are undertaking studies on the Healthy Beginnings Trial phase 1 and 2.

2016

2012

The development and application of an evaluation framework to assess the transport, health and economic impacts of new urban cycling infrastructure; Rissel C, Greaves S, Wen L, Capon A; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Projects (LP).

Wen, L., Rissel, C., He, G. (2017). The Effect of Early Life Factors and Early Interventions on Childhood Overweight and Obesity 2016. Journal of Obesity, 2017, 1-3. [More Information]

Brown, V., Moodie, M., Baur, L., Wen, L., Hayes, A. (2017). The high cost of obesity in Australian pre-schoolers. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41(3), 323-324. [More Information]

Wen, L. (2015). A bottle-weaning counselling intervention for parents of 12-month old infants reduces bottle use at age 24 months but has no effect on child weight. Evidence-Based Nursing, 18(1), 14-14. [More Information]

Xu, H., Wen, L., Rissel, C. (2013). The Relationships Between Active Transport to Work or School and Cardiovascular Health or Body Weight: A Systematic Review. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 25(4), 298-315. [More Information]

Wen, L., Baur, L., Simpson, J., Rissel, C. (2010). Mothers' awareness of their weight status and concern about their children being overweight: findings from first-time mothers in south-west Sydney. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 34(3), 293-297. [More Information]

Wen, L., Kite, J., Merom, D., Rissel, C. (2009). Time spent playing outdoors after school and its relationship with independent mobility: a cross-sectional survey of children aged 10-12 years in Sydney, Australia. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 6(15), 1-8. [More Information]

Wen, L., Rissel, C. (2008). Inverse associations between cycling to work, public transport, and overweight and obesity: Findings from a population based study in Australia. Preventive Medicine, 46(1), 29-32. [More Information]

Wen, L., Rissel, C., He, G. (2017). The Effect of Early Life Factors and Early Interventions on Childhood Overweight and Obesity 2016. Journal of Obesity, 2017, 1-3. [More Information]

Brown, V., Moodie, M., Baur, L., Wen, L., Hayes, A. (2017). The high cost of obesity in Australian pre-schoolers. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41(3), 323-324. [More Information]

Wen, L. (2015). A bottle-weaning counselling intervention for parents of 12-month old infants reduces bottle use at age 24 months but has no effect on child weight. Evidence-Based Nursing, 18(1), 14-14. [More Information]

Xu, H., Wen, L., Rissel, C. (2013). The Relationships Between Active Transport to Work or School and Cardiovascular Health or Body Weight: A Systematic Review. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 25(4), 298-315. [More Information]

Wen, L., Baur, L., Simpson, J., Rissel, C. (2010). Mothers' awareness of their weight status and concern about their children being overweight: findings from first-time mothers in south-west Sydney. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 34(3), 293-297. [More Information]

Wen, L., Kite, J., Merom, D., Rissel, C. (2009). Time spent playing outdoors after school and its relationship with independent mobility: a cross-sectional survey of children aged 10-12 years in Sydney, Australia. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 6(15), 1-8. [More Information]

Wen, L., Rissel, C. (2008). Inverse associations between cycling to work, public transport, and overweight and obesity: Findings from a population based study in Australia. Preventive Medicine, 46(1), 29-32. [More Information]